4
camera-eye(noun, mind, recall, thought, perception)
4
engagement(noun, custody, detention, confinement, keeping)
4
grip(noun, grasp, embrace, detention, confinement)
4
impropriation(noun, detention, confinement, possession, keeping)
4
nonobservance(noun, detention, confinement, keeping, holding)
4
occupancy(noun, control, grasp, grip, embrace)
4
possession(noun, control, grasp, grip, embrace)
3
recognition(noun, mind, recall, thought, perception)
3
remembrance(noun, mind, recall, thought, perception)
3
remembering(noun, perception, observation, recognition, reflection)
3
authority(noun, grasp, grip, embrace)
3
dominance(noun, grasp, grip, embrace)
3
incarceration(noun, arrest, imprisonment, custody, confinement)
3
reserve(noun, mind, thought, memory)
3
storage(noun, mind, thought, memory)
2
maintenance(noun, custody, detention, confinement, keeping)
2
charge(noun, detention, confinement, keeping, holding)
2
tenacity(noun, grasp, grip, embrace, detention)
2
absorption(noun, mind, combination, thought, amalgamation)
2
monopoly(noun, mind, thought, memory, possession)
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